Joseph frenzel



(No Model.)

J.PRENZEL.

CANDLE HOLDER. No. 568,196. Patented Sept. 22, 1896.

UNITED STATES P TENT QFFIGE.

JOSEPH FRENZEL, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,196, dated September 22, 1896. Application filed April 4, 1896. Serial No. 586,180. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that I, JOSEPH FRENZEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-I-I0lders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved candle-holder that can be readily applied to any suitable candlestick or support, so as to firmly support the candle in position and permit its being burned down to the very end without any waste; and the invention consists of a candle-holder composed of a base-plate and of upright prongs bent up at right angles from the base and located radially to the center of the same, the inner edge of said prongs being preferably tapered from the lower to the upper ends, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a candlestick with my improved candle-holder. Fig. 2 is the blank from which myimproved candleholder is made, and Fig. 3 represents a per spective view of the blank.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a candlestick of any suitable construction, to the central tubular portion of which my improved candle-ho1der B is riveted.

The candle-holder Bis formed of a baseplate b, provided with a central aperture 6 by which it can be riveted to the supporting tubular portion of the candlestick or other support, said base being provided at its circumference preferably with three eccentricallyprojecting portions 6 at the ends of which are arranged upright prongs cl, which are bent up at right angles to the base I) and located radially to the center of the same. The candle-holder B is made from a blank, which is shown in plan view in Fig. 2, and in which the prongs d are formed as tangential extensions of the eccentric portions 19 said blank being preferably cut from brass or other sheet metal of suitable thickness by means of punching dies, after which the prongs are bent up at right angles to the base, so as to assume a position radially to the center of the base I), as shown in Fig. 3. The inner edges of the prongs d are preferably made tapering from their wider lower ends toward their narrower upper ends, so the lower end of the candle can be forced down onto the prongs and firmly and rigidly retained by the same, the prongs cutting into the material from which the candle is made, so as to hold the same firmly in position and permit the burning of every portion of the candle down to the very end, as even the smallest piece is held in position by the prongs without the same loosening their grip thereon. For different sizes of candles corresponding sizes of candle-holders are provided.

Y My improved candle-holder can be furnishedlat a very cheap rate, and forms thereby a very convenient attachment for candlesticks of every shape, by which the entire candle is utilized, as it can be burned up entirely without waste.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A candle-holder, composed of a base plate having eccentrical portions, and of prongs bent up at right angles to the base at the outer ends of said eccentrical portions and located radially to the center of the base portion, substantially as set forth.

2. A blank for candle-holders, composed of a base-plate having eccentrical portions at its circumference, and tapering prongs extending from the eccentrical portions tangentially to the base-plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH FRENZEL.

WVitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, GEO. W. JAEKEL, 

